CIA Director Bill Burns, who has spearheaded the American efforts to broker a ceasefire agreement, was in the region when ...

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Ministers are “failing” to protect the public due to a crisis in prisons, a new report has warned, with the Government urged ...

Lord Pickles said 'the British Isles must tell the unvarnished truth' as a review finds more died on the Channel Island than previously thought ...

As most regular readers will know, Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs) exist for every prison and immigration removal centre ...

But Baldwin wasn’t the only Tarrant County prisoner to die from thirst. WFAA found two other cases – both involving prisoners with documented mental illnesses – who died from dehydration in the jail. ...

Lazarus' supporters said she had turned her life around in prison. The victim’s friends and family said Lazarus is a master of manipulation and should remain locked up.

Thanks to an exception in the 13th Amendment, incarcerated people can be forced to work for little to no pay under dangerous ...

The White House suspended a secret mission to transfer detainees to Oman in October after Congress members expressed concerns about Middle East instability.

Two appellate judges seemed to dislike the idea of granting inmates more access to public documents and news sources.

Baroness Fox praised The Independent for shining a light on the plight of IPP prisoners in a House of Lords debate ...

Sen. Cory Booker says prisoners should be learning professional skills that help prepare them for their release instead of ...